1390s
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| Centuries: | 12th Century - 13th century - 14th century |
| Decades: | 1360s 1370s 1380s - 1390s - 1400s 1410s 1420s |
| Years: | 1290 1291 1292 1293 1294 1295 1296 1297 1298 1299 |
Events and Trends
1392- Korean founder of the Joseon Dynasty General Yi Seonggye led a coup d'état, overthrowing the kingdom of Goryeo and founding the kingdom of Joseon
- End of the reign of Emperor Go-Kameyama of Japan
1395 End of reign of Hungary by Capet-Anjou family
- Richard Whittington aka Dick Whittington is elected Lord Mayor of London
- John Beaufort becomes Earl of Somerset
- Glendalough monastery, Wicklow Ireland destroyed
- Construction of the Stecknitz Canal as one of the oldest artificial waterways of the world
- Timur arrived on the bank of the Indus River, and proceeded to sack Delhi
Births
1390 future Byzantine Emperor John VIII Palaeologus- King Duarte of Portugal (d. 1438)
- Gedun Drub, the first Dalai Lama
- Prince Henry the Navigator, explorer (d. 1460).
- Ulugh Beg, Timurid astronomer.
- King Sejong the Great of Joseon, the humane scientist ruler of Korea
- August 10 - Albert II of Habsburg, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire
Deaths
1393 Emperor Go-En'yu of Japan, fifth and last of the Northern Ashikaga Pretenders1397- Thomas of Woodstock (son of King Edward III of England)
- Emperor Suko of Japan, third of the Northern Ashikaga Pretenders.
- Hongwu Emperor of China, founder of the Ming Dynasty.
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